See the Moon in breathtaking detail. Watch the Great Red Spot swirl through Jupiter's atmosphere. See the rings of Saturn and countless other night sky treasures.
Dark Sky Telescope Hire give you the opportunity to view the night sky in amazing detail with a dobsonian telescope.
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UK Stargazing Experience Nights

Organising a private star party or an outdoor event with a stargazing theme? Dark Sky Telescope Hire provide stargazing tours / stargazing experience nights for individuals, families and groups. Ideal for birthdays, weddings and schools. Find Out More >>

Explore the Universe from your Back Garden!

At the heart of our telescopes are high-performance optics. They capture light from objects in the night sky, magnify it and focus it to render a stunning high resolution image for your eyes to view. Find out more about what you'll be able to see >>

Discover the Exmoor Dark Sky Experience

Dark Sky Telescope Hire have teamed up with Exmoor National Park Authority and West Withy Farm Self Catering Cottages to offer a dark sky experience in one of the darkest places in the UK! Find Out More >>

Solar Observing Experience Days

Hire our solar telescope and astronomer for your outdoor event. View the Sun in safety through a telescope using the latest solar filter technology. Ideal for school events, organised outdoor events, garden parties, birthdays and corporate events. FIND OUT MORE >>

Lunar Photography

Take stunning images of the moon with your camera at the eyepiece of our telescopes. FIND OUT MORE >>

Somerset Telescope Hire Base Now Open!

Hire a telescope in Somerset and Devon. Hires from £40. Includes comprehensive night sky notes and object finder maps.

TELESCOPE HIRE & PRIVATE STARGAZING TOURS ACROSS ENGLAND AND WALES

Dark Sky Telescope Hire rent out high-performance dobsonian telescopes for back garden stargazing in England and Wales. Our range of hire telescopes include small, medium and large aperture Skywatcher and Orion Optics instruments suitable for individuals, families and groups in the UK.

Dark Sky Telescope Hire also work with Exmoor National Park Authority to provide telescopes for hire at Exmoor National Park Centres atLynmouth, Dulverton andDunster.

PRIVATE STARGAZING TOURS

Private stargazing tours for individuals, couples, families and groups across the UK are now available from astronomer Seb Jay at Dark Sky Telescope Hire. He brings his stargazing expertise and telescope to your venue so you don’t have to travel. In April 2014 Seb’s Stargazing Tours were featured in the Guardian.Click here for details

Our Most Popular Telescopes for Hire

FEATURE TELESCOPE TOUR

Take a tour of our 8" (200mm) Skywatcher Telescope for Hire

The 8" 200p Skywatcher is currently one of the most popular telescopes in the UK. See how it works in our handy slide presentation above. The swivel base and optical tube assembly (OTA) are highly portable, making this telescope easy to transport and set up. Once you've viewed the presentation try it out for real with Dark Sky Telescope Hire. Our hire prices start at £30 for 7 Nts

DON'T MISS THIS TONIGHT!

March 2015 sees Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 play amongst the stars of Cassiopeia. The comet is now heading out of our solar system at nearly 2 million kilometres per night following its slingshot around the sun

Jupiter continues to shine big and bright in the night sky during March 2015. To find the giant planet look high up to the south-east at around 7pm to 8pm for a bright white star-like object. Jupiter is obv

February 2015 sees a beautiful trio of celestial objects in the evening sky as Venus, Mars and a crescent moon all gather together over the western horizon. Best dates to see all three together are between

Telescope Hire Experiences

"Thank you to Seb and Dark Sky Telescope Hire for your wonderful service and the fantastic support. I even received a pack of information on star-gazing events plus planets/stars/nebula that would be visible during my hire period. I loved the Skywatcher 8" reflector I hired (in fact I liked it so much my partner bought me the exact same telescope), the images from the telescope along with the seriously dark skies I hunted down made it a truly fantastic experience."
David Walton - Surrey ... March 2013

5 >> We will send you a booking confirmation. A delivery / pick up time is arranged for the start of the hire period, and a collection / drop-off time is fixed for the end of the hire period. These times are flexible.

6 >> You can pay for your telescope hire by cash on the day of collection or delivery. We also accept advance bank payments, cheques and paypal payments.

7 >> Everything you need to use the telescope is included. Our stargazing guides provide detailed information to help you navigate your way around the night sky.

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How to Find Us

We are located on the High Street (A5120) in Toddington close to Jct 12 of the M1. From the motorway head up the hill into Toddington. The road bears left at the Church. Continue along the road past the shops on your right. We are 100 yards or so up on the left.
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